tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post113321596652343240..comments2015-08-02T09:41:28.336-04:00Comments on The Mumpsimus: Caffeinated Quote for the DayMatthew Cheneyhttps://plus.google.com/109233497006166204043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133413968791207872005-12-01T00:12:00.000-05:002005-12-01T00:12:00.000-05:00well, then, you must all visit La Gringa's Online ...well, then, you must all visit La Gringa's Online Cofee Shrine, which is somewhere on the right hand side of my blog. I worship the coffee bean.<BR/><BR/>I recommend that you try Peets or - even better - Kaladi Brothers (from Alaska, and iit is all Dana Stabenow's fault that I am hooked on this brand!!!)La Gringahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604349015404236318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133277016969231082005-11-29T10:10:00.000-05:002005-11-29T10:10:00.000-05:00Coffee was also responsible --and still is-- for e...Coffee was also responsible --and still is-- for exploitation of the poor, in Central America and Africa, so we could also argue that it kept a portion of the third world destitute. Several organizations, such as Coffee Kids (http://coffekids.org), try to remedy this situation by trying to improve the quality of life for these people.<BR/><BR/>They also produce wonderful music: http://www.putumayo.com/catalog/item.php?item_number=135<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I must confess I'm also a coffee fetish.M. D. Benoithttp://mdbenoit.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133276897820485452005-11-29T10:08:00.000-05:002005-11-29T10:08:00.000-05:00There is also Gregory Feeley's novel on this subje...There is also Gregory Feeley's novel on this subject: Arabian Wine.Lois Tiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133271110936846362005-11-29T08:31:00.000-05:002005-11-29T08:31:00.000-05:00Hear, hear, David Moles.Hear, hear, David Moles.rushmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11300622174153812004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133230720106815722005-11-28T21:18:00.000-05:002005-11-28T21:18:00.000-05:00This reminded me of this passage in a book I copye...This reminded me of this passage in a book I copyedited a few years ago, Knight Errant, by R. Garcia y Robertson. It's set in the 15th century (with a modern gal time-traveling back there):<BR/><BR/>"It dawned her that nobles drank only wine and ale. And maybe hard cider and brandy, if they could get it. No tea, no coffee, and definitely no water. An alcoholic aristocracy—a government that went about permanently hammered—no wonder England was in such bad shape.Eliani Torresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133221262042964542005-11-28T18:41:00.000-05:002005-11-28T18:41:00.000-05:00Coffee is one of my favorite commodities to fetish...Coffee is one of my favorite commodities to fetishize. In fact, from now on when somebody asks, "So, are you addicted to coffee?" I will answer, "No, I'm a coffee fetishist."<BR/><BR/>I'll have to go searching for the PKD quote now, as I didn't realize he'd come to the same conclusion. Makes a certain amount of sense...Matthew Cheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07704529564308222004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133220662868604772005-11-28T18:31:00.000-05:002005-11-28T18:31:00.000-05:00That's all Western Civilization needs, more excuse...That's all Western Civilization needs, more excuses to fetishize coffee...David Moleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849332557789534340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-1133216976782532562005-11-28T17:29:00.000-05:002005-11-28T17:29:00.000-05:00Philip K. Dick made this comment in one of his boo...Philip K. Dick made this comment in one of his books. Can't remember which one... might have been "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer".Justinnoreply@blogger.com